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Description: | Captain James Cook collection of about 400 items includes muster rolls listing the Whitby ships on which he served, his sea chest, an original hand-drawn map, signed and made as a non-commissioned officer, when he surveyed the coast of Newfoundland, an autograph letter written in 1772 from Great Ayton, four pages of manuscript forming the only known surviving part of the original draft of his "Journal" describing incidents on his voyage towards the south pole in 1773-74, another page describing incidents on the 6th August 1774, a letter addressed to his former master and friend, John Walker of Whitby and models of "Resolution" and "Endeavour". | Subjects: | Personalia | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 01947 602 908 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1090 | Go to resource |
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